Song-HavenvirtualB3organForUVIFalcon

OwnersManual

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Introduction

TheHammondorgan.Ahistoricoverview

TheHammondorgan,and inparticular, theB3model,hashistoricallybeenoneofthemostwidelyusedand recognizable sounds inmodernmusic. It hasplayedanextensive role in gospel, blues, R&B, rock, prog rock, jazz, country and pop fordecades.DevelopedbytheHammondorgancompanyinthe1930’s,itpre-datesthetransistor and creates it’s sound using mechanical rotating “tone-wheels”. Therotationsarepickedupbymagnetictransducersandamplifiedwithtubepoweredpre-ampsandampsproducingsteadypitchesofarelativelypuresinewavevariety.Thesepitchesare mixed togetheratdifferent frequencies,usingacombinationofnine “drawbars” activated by the organist to create variations in the harmonicspectrum,producingendlessvariationsontheorgantone.Earlyon,theHammondorganwaspairedwithaveryuniqueamplifierwithrotatingspeakersmadebytheLesliecompany.ThemostcommonlyusedmodelistheLeslie122.ThiscombinationbecameintegraltotheiconicandidentifiablesoundoftheHammondorganinmostmusicalstyles.BothHammondandLesliearestillinbusinesstodayandeachmakesavarietyofmodels,allwiththesamegoalofproducingthesameiconicsoundfirstintroducedmanydecadesago.

AsignificantproblemwiththeoriginalHammondB3isit’slargesizeandweight.Ataherniainducing350lbs,ittakesaminimumoffourpeopletomoveitupjustevenasmallflightofstairs,makingitachallengeformusicianstotransportandplaceonsmallstages.Astimewentonandelectronicsadvancedmakingpossiblesmallerandlighter devices, many companies took to reproducing this iconic sound in muchmore portable packages, making the Hammond organ perhaps the most copiedinstrument ever. These instruments are referred to as “clone-wheels”. Today thishas been extended to the virtual world, where weightless virtual softwareinstruments on computers are played from MIDI controllers with facilities forsimulating drawbars and other controls. Likewise, rotating speaker emulationshaveevolvedinasimilarway.

Contributing to this trend, I’ve developed a highly authentic virtualHammondB3organ designed to run onUVI Falcon. Based on a combination of sampling andmodeling, it consists of immaculately recorded and processed individual tone-wheels frommyownvintageandwellmaintainedHammondB3,organized intoadetailed and authentic virtual instrument, with a complete set of controls. Thisincludesfulldrawbarcontrol,2nd&3rdharmonicpercussion,andallsixvariationsofvibrato/chorusfoundonarealHammondB3.Falconeffectsaddspringreverbandrotary speaker simulation. Authentic details not included on other virtual B3instrumentsaddconvincingelementsandlifetothesoniccharacter.

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©2017SteffenPresley

Table of Contents

Introduction:TheHammondorgan,Ahistoricoverview..............................................1

TableofContents.........................................................................................................2

Installation&Setup1.0................................................................................................3Setup1.0 ....................................................................................................................................................................... 4Re-assigningMIDICCcontrols1.1 ..................................................................................................................... 4

Filetypes2.0................................................................................................................5Loadingfiles2.1.......................................................................................................................................................... 5Programs2.2................................................................................................................................................................ 6Multis2.3 ...................................................................................................................................................................... 7

Operation3.0...............................................................................................................7Drawbarcontrol3.1 ................................................................................................................................................. 7Percussion3.2 ............................................................................................................................................................. 8VibratoChorus3.3..................................................................................................................................................... 9Othercontrols3.4 ....................................................................................................................................................10

Presets4.0 .................................................................................................................11

BassPedals5.0...........................................................................................................13

MasterEffects6.0 ......................................................................................................13RotatingSpeakerandSpringReverbeffects6.1 ........................................................................................13MasterExpressionPedal6.2...............................................................................................................................15

Extras7.0 ...................................................................................................................15TouchOSClayoutforAppleiPad7.1...............................................................................................................15ExpressionmapsforCubase7.2 .......................................................................................................................18Drawbarsynths7.3.................................................................................................................................................18

Advanced8.0 .............................................................................................................18DAWcontrol8.1 .......................................................................................................................................................18Customizingthehardwiredkey-switchpresets8.2 .................................................................................19UsingAlternateMIDILearn8.3 .........................................................................................................................20

Addendum.................................................................................................................21AbouttheDesigner .................................................................................................................................................21©2017EndlessProductions............................................................................................................................. 21

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Installation and Setup Pleaserefertotheseparatedocumentationforinstallation(ReadMe).ThismanualassumesthatyouhavesomefamiliaritywiththeoperationofUVIFalcon.Ifthatisnot the case, please read the UVI Falcon owners manual first. To retain properoperationandappearance, all files in thispackage should remain in their originaldirectory.1.0 Setup The Song-Haven Virtual B3 organ for the UVI Falcon platform can be fullycontrolled fromtheonscreenpanelcontrols,orbyutilizingsuitableexternalMIDIcontrollers.Tobegin,itisrecommendedtofirstloadtheMulti,“B3Drawbars.uvim”found inside the Multi folder. This is a basic single manual version of the Song-HavenB3,withallcontrolsandeffectsactive.ThemainpanelcontrolsarefoundontheInfotabofFalcon.DefaultMIDICCnumbersareassignedforeachpanelcontrol.OnaHammondB3,drawbarsareusedtocontroltheharmoniccontentofthesound.Thesearerepresentedon theSong-HavenvirtualB3witharowofninedialsonthe main panel. See [section 3.1, Drawbar Control]. Suitable MIDI controllers foroperatingdrawbarswouldincludefaders,sliders,drawbars,ribbons,touchscreens,rotarycontrollers,etc.,assignedtothefollowingGeneralPurposeMIDICCnumbers:

Drawbar AssignedMIDICCnumber

16’ 165½’ 178’ 184’ 1922/3’ 802’ 8113/5’ 821½’ 831’ 84

Inaddition todrawbar control, other controls includePercussion, the sixpositionChorus/Vibratoandmore.ThereisalsoaseparatecustompanelforMastereffectsused only in the multis for reverb and rotating speaker controls, found in theMastersectionoftheEffectstab.Referto[section6.0MasterEffects].Includedwith this package is a layout file for the iPad app,TouchOSC.This file,“Song-HavenVirtualB3.touchosc”isfoundinthe“Extras”folder.Usingthisapp,theSong-Haven virtual B3 organ is truly plug and play, with realistic drawbar andothercontrolsattheready,nosetupnecessary.See[section7.0,Extras]

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1.1 Re-assigning MIDI controllers Before changingMIDICCassignmentswitheachof the largenumberofprogramsandmuItis available in this package, consider instead to create a single patch onyour chosenMIDI controller, assigning the default MIDI CC numbers outlined onthese pages. This could save youmuch time and effort andwill also serve to notdisruptoperationfromotherMIDIcontrollers,suchaswiththeincludedTouchOSClayoutoperatedfromaniPad.Itisalsoadvisedthatbeforechanginganythinginthispackage,makeandworkwithcopieswhilekeepingtheoriginalfilesintact.IfyouwishtochangethedefaultMIDICCnumbersformainpanelcontrolstomatchthose from your controller, you can use the MIDI Learn function. The simpleprocedureisasfollows:Inthemainpanel(foundfromtheInfotab),right-clickonanyofthecontrolstobringupthepop-upmenu.SelectMIDILearnandmoveyourchosenMIDI controller. It is now assigned and should operate properly. Caution;Certain controls work incrementally instead of continuously. These includeChorus/Vibrato (3 steps), Drawbars (8 steps) and Rotary Speed (3 steps). Inorder to retain proper functioning of operating in steps, you’ll need to use analternativeMIDILearnmethodfortheseparticularcontrols.Right-clickacontroltobring up the pop-up menu. But instead of selecting MIDI Learn, Select EditModulation. In thebox thatpopsup, right clickon the currentMIDI assignmentdisplayedintheupperleftcorner.Fromthepop-upmenuthatappears,selectMIDILearn. Move your chosenMIDI controller to assign it. Please see [Advanced 8.3,AlternateMIDILearn]formoredetails.YoumayalsochangeMIDICCassignmentsmanually.Right-clickacontrolandselectEdit Modulation. In the pop-up dialog, right-click the current MIDI assignmentshown in theupper left corner.ChooseMIDICC fromthemenu thatappears,andthenselectoneofthecontrollernumbersfromtheCCmenu.Thismethodwillworkthesameforallcontrolswithoutdisruptinganything.BelowisatabledisplayingthedefaultMIDICCsettingsforthefrontpanelcontrols.(Drawbarassignmentsareshownonthepreviouspage).

PanelControl MIDICCassignmentPercussionOn/Off 22Percussion3rd/2ndHarmonic 23PercussionFast/Slow 24PercussionNormal/Soft 25Chorus/Vibrato 93Chorus(orVibrato)amount 1(ModWheel)Enhance 96

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IfyouhaveaniPadandareinterestedtousetheincludedTouchOSClayoutfileforcontrollingtheSong-HavenVirtualB3see[section7.0,Extras],itisrecommendedtonotchangetheMIDICCcontrolnumbers,asthe layoutfile isalreadyoptimizedforimmediateplugandplay.

Maincontrolpanelonthe“Info”page

“Lit”statusindicatesthefirstoftwooptionsisselected.

2.0 File types

2.1 Loading files: TheSong-HavenB3 forUVI Falconmakes use ofPrograms andMultis. Programfiles (.uvip) are loaded into parts. The Program files contain all the controlsnecessaryforsinglemanualorganoperation,butwithouttherotaryspeaker,reverband expression pedal effects. When one of the included Multi files is loaded, therotary speaker, reverb and expression pedal effects are loaded into the MasterEffects section for global use. This hierarchal method is used for the followingreasons:ProgramsloadedintoapartwithoutoneoftheMultispresentcanbeusedwithout the Master Effects (rotating speaker, reverb, overdrive and expressionpedal), inwhichcaseyoucanuseitwith3rdpartyplug-ineffects instead,orpatchinto a real Leslie speaker. Also, Multis can be customized by loading in differentPrograms into a Part,without creating redundant effects.Whenone of theMultis

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(.uvim)isloaded,eachseparatePartwillaccesstheMastereffectscontainedintheMulti [see section6.0,MasterEffects].Thismakes it ideal for settingupmore thanonepart tosharethesemastereffects,suchasthethreepartmultisetup,“FullB3organ.uvim”,withdualmanualsandbasspedals,allpatchedintothesamerotatingspeaker, reverb and expression pedal effects, just like you would find on a realHammondorgan.SinceFalconismulti-timbral,youmaywishtoaddotherpartsforsequencing,possiblynotrelatedtotheorgan.IfyouwishtonothavecertainpartsgothroughtheseMastereffects,simplyassignthepartstoadifferentoutputintheMixersection.

2.2 Programs (.uvip) IncludedwiththispackageareanassortmentofprogramsrepresentingvariationsontheHammondB3drawbarorgan.Allprogramsincludethestandardfiveoctavesof organ notes from C1-C6. There are two primary variations for each of theprograms. The first variation is found in the “Programs” folderwith the programnamed “Drawbars+presets.uvip” and it’s lower manual counterpart,“Drawbars+presets_LM.uvip”, eachofwhichaddsanoctaveofkey-switches to theleft of the lowestorgannote (C0-B0) to allow instant selectionofnearly adozenhard-wiredpresets.ThisisjustlikearealHammondB3organ!It’salsoimportantto know that each of these two programs requires 795 megabytes of internalmemory because Falcon needs to reload the same tonewheel samples for eachdrawbarharmonicforeachpresetvariation.Thisissubstantiallymorethananyoftheotherprograms,butallowsforalargepalletofsoundsimmediatelyaccessible..Alltherestoftheincludedprograms(exceptfor“BassPedals.uvip”)allbelongtothesecond variation and are found in thePresets folders. See [section 4.0, Presets].Withthesecondprogramvariation,insteadofkey-switchpresets,theoctavebelowthelowestorgannoteisanoctaveofbasspedals(C0-B0).Alloftheprogramshavealower-manualcounterpartforuseindual-manualMultis.Themaindifferenceisthatthe lower-manual programs (with an LM suffix to the file name) do not havePercussion.ThisisagainlikearealHammondB3.Inorganparlance,“Swell”referstouppermanualand“Great”referstothelowermanual.Finally, there isaspecialprogramfortheauthenticbasspedalsofaHammondB3called“BassPedals.uvip”.See[section5.0,Basspedals]

UpperManual

(Part1slot)(allcontrols)

LowerManual(Part2slot)

(noPercussion)

Key-switchesC0-B0

BassPedalsC0-B0

RAMused

Drawbars+presets.uvipLocation:Programs

Drawbars+presetsLM.uvipLocation:Programs

yes no 795MB

AllotherprogramsLocation:Presets/Swell

AllotherprogramsLocation:Presets/Great

no yes 105MB

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2.3 Multis (.uvim) the included Multis have combinations of programs for both single manualoperation and also dual-manual operation with bass pedals. Although bothProgramsandMultisareroutedtothemainoutputinstereo,thesignalfromallofthe includedPrograms is inmono, justasona realHammondorgan.This insuresmonocompatibilityinyourmixes.However,alloftheMultisoutputfullstereofromtheMaster effects. This simulates a rotating speakerwithdualmics on theupperrotorpannedleftandright.Anyoftheincludedprogramscanbeloadedintoanyofthe partswithin aMulti. However, to insure proper operation of controls, lowermanual programs (thosewith an LM file name suffix) should be loaded only intoPart two (MIDI channel 2), and uppermanual programs (those having filenameswithout a suffix) should be loaded only into Part one (MIDI channel 1). Theprograms will then connect to the Master effects unless a different output isspecified.

Multiname Manuals Hard-wiredpresets RAMusedB3Drawbars.uvim single no 105.38Drawbars+presets.uvim single yes 795.79FullB3organ Dualwithbasspedals no 221.81FullB3organplus Dualwithbasspedals yes 1595.76MB

3.0 Operation

3.1 Drawbar control The nine virtual drawbars are represented on themain panel (on the Info tab ofFalcon)asdials.Thesearemainly forvisualconfirmationandMIDIsetup,andarebest operated from an externalMIDI controller. Drawbar control is set such thatyourMIDIcontrollersautomaticallywork inreversedirection,designedtobehavelike thoseon theHammond,whereaswhendrawbarsarepulled towardsyou, thevolumeof thatharmonic increases.Thismayseemtobetheoppositeofwhatyouare used towith faders, inwhich gain is appliedbypushing the fader away fromyou. However, the onscreen rotary controls will always move in a forwarddirection,regardless.IfyouwishtochangethedirectionofyourMIDIcontrol,itisrecommended that this best be accomplished by changing settings on yourMIDIcontroller (Many modern MIDI controllers have features for changing controldirection). Included in this package is a custom layout file called “Song-HavenVirtual B3.touchosc” forMIDI control from an iPad running the app,TouchOSC.This is already optimized to immediately work much like real drawbars. Noconfiguration is necessary! However, if you change MIDI CC and/or channelassignments,thiswillneedtobechangedintheTouchOSCeditorinordertoremainfunctional.See[section7.0,Extras].

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Whenusingacomputerpointingdevicetochangeadrawbarsettingonscreen,thelevelswill change continuously, instead of in increments of eight steps like a realHammond B3. For a more Hammond-like response, where the drawbar levelschangeevenlyineightsteps,useanyMIDIcontinuouscontrollerinstead.Whileyourphysicalcontrollerwilllikelyfunctionsmoothly,Falconwillrespondincrementallywith the appropriate number of steps. The volume on the onscreen dials arerepresentedasDblevels,andassuchdonotdisplaystepsevenly.Restassured,yourMIDI controller will change volume in 8 evenly spaced steps like real drawbars.Uponinitialloadingofanyprogramormulti,thesoundandpositionoftheonscreencontrols may not match the positions on your MIDI controller. This is becauseFalcon has noway to know how yourMIDI controller is initially set.Moving thecontrolsonyourMIDIcontrollerwillcausetheonscreencontrolandsoundtojumptoapositionwhichmatchesyourMIDIcontroller.See[section4.0,Presets].For all multis and all programs not in the Presets folder, The default drawbarsettingswillbealldrawbarspulledouttomaximum,foraneutralstartingpoint.Thedynamic rangeof this instrument canbequite large, so this can initially overloadyourspeakers.Itisadvisedtokeepyourvolumelow,untilyou’veadjustedsettingstoyourliking.Newdrawbarconfigurationsofyourchoosingcanbesaved,usingthe“Saveas”functiontosavenewversions.On a real Hammond organ, each of the nine drawbar harmonics are individuallyactivatedwhen a key is pressed, bymaking contactwith a buss-bar. Thesemakecontactatdifferent times,with thehighestharmonicssounding first.This ismadeclearwhenpressing a keywith very slowvelocity.Wehaveduplicated this effectveryaccuratelywithvelocitycontrol.Itmakesasubtlebutsignificantdifferenceinthefeelandresponse,andaddslifetothesound.Anothersmalldetailwehavenotoverlookedisthenaturalclickingsoundonboththestartandthereleaseofanote,whichisuniqueforeachharmoniconeachkey.3.2 Percussion Percussion on the Hammond B3 organ (and some other models) consists ofaccented versions of a harmonic. There are two choices, 2nd harmonic, and 3rdharmonic.Therearefastorslowdecay,normalorsoftvolumeversionsofeach.IntheSong-Haven virtual B3, percussion controls can be found on themain panelfound on the Info tab in Falcon. It’s behavior is very similar to that of a realHammond B3, whereupon playing legato will cause the percussion effect to notretrigger. These controls can also be operated from an external MIDI controllerusing the defaultMIDI CC assignments, or usingMIDI Learn to create your ownassignments.Detailsofthisarefoundin[section1.1,Re-assigningMIDIcontrollers].MIDIcontrollerbuttonsonyourcontrollerdeviceneedtobein“Toggle”mode(not“Momentary”).

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PanelControlsforPercussion:Percon/off:Enablesordisablespercussion.Whenpercussionisactivated,the1’drawbarisdisabled,justasonarealHammondB3.Perc3rd/2ndselectswhichharmonicisactivated.Percfast/slow:Selectsthedecaylengthofthepercussion.Percnormal/soft:Selectsbetweentwopossiblevolumelevelsofpercussion.Thebuttonslightforthefirstoption. 3.3 Chorus/Vibrato TheHammondB3organhastwomodulationeffects,ChorusandVibrato.EachareselectedonarealHammondorganusingasixpositionknoblabeledC1,C2andC3representingthreelevelsofChorusandV1,V2,andV3representingthreelevelsofvibrato.All six of these settings are available in theSong-HavenvirtualB3. Forpractical reasons, themethodof selection is somewhatdifferent thana realB3.AbuttontoswitchbetweenChorusandVibratoisfoundonthemainpanelsectionofFalcon(Infotab)asabuttonlabeled“Chorus/Vibrato”.Thebuttonislitforthetopoption,“Chorus”.SettingsforMIDIcontrolcanbefoundin[section1.1,Re-assigningMIDIcontrollers].To the left of the Chorus/Vibrato switch is a virtual knob, “Ch/Vib Amount”withlabels corresponding to “Off”, C1 or V1, C2 or V2, C3 or V3 positions. Highernumbers results in a more pronounced modulation effect. The fullycounterclockwise position turns the effect off. This is different from a realHammond,whichhasanon/offswitchforeachmanual.ButwiththeSong-HavenvirtualB3,ifamulticontainingmorethanonemanualisloaded,eachmanualhasit’s own independent Chorus/Vibrato) controls. If the “Ch/Vib amount” knob isturnedusingacomputerpointingdeviceonscreen(suchasamouseor trackpad),thechangetothesoundwillbecontinuous.Foramoreauthenticresponse(3stagesofChorusand3stagesofVibratocorrespondingtothelabels),useaMIDIcontroller(thedefaultMIDICC isModWheelCC#1),whichwill increases theeffect in threestagesthatmatchtheactualHammondB3,correspondingtoOff,C1,C2,C3orOff,V1,V2,V3,dependingonwhetherChorusorVibratoisselected.

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3.4 Other Controls EnhanceThecontrolnamedEnhanceaddsasaturationeffect,meanttoduplicatetheeffectsoftheHammondB3’stubepre-ampandothercomponents.Thiscanhelptheorgancutthroughamix,andsoundpunchy.EachorganmanualandBassPedalprogramhasit’sownindependentEnhancecontrol.ThiseffectalsorespondstoMIDICC.PitchBendThere is a trick players sometimes use on a real HammondB3 to bend the pitchdown.Byturningthepowerbuttonoffwhileplaying,thisgraduallystopsthetone-wheelsfromrotating,causingthepitchtodrop.Ifyouturnthepowerswitchbackonquick enough, the pitchwill quickly go back to normal.However, if the playerwas not quick enough, the organ would require a restart, which would take aminute. So it was a rather riskymove. On the Song-Haven virtual B3, a similareffect can be had simply by using the pitch bend controller on yourMIDI device,withoutriskofshutdown.Muchfancierpitchbending,includingupwardbendsarealsopossible.

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4.0 Presets Includedinthispackageisafoldercalled“Presets”.Insidethisfolderaretwofolderslabeled,“Swell”(uppermanual)and“Great”(lowermanual).Eachfoldercontains30programs. The different programs represent different main panel configurations,which include drawbar settings representing a useful variety of popular andesoteric Hammond sounds. The main panel settings can be thought of asconfiguration “snapshots”. They can be freely overridden with onscreen or MIDIcontrol for either liveperformancepurposesor tobe re-saved asnew “snapshot”versions.Theseprogramsare identical ineach folder,except that theprograms inthe “Great” folder have an LM suffix added to the filename, and since they areintendedforlowermanualuse,donothavethePercussionfunction.In the folder, “Programs” there isalsoaspecialprogramcalled“Drawbars+presets.uvip” (and it’s lower manual counterpart,“Drawbars+presets_LM.uvip”), which provides not only full drawbar control, butaddsa fulloctaveofkey-switches forselectinghardwireddrawbarconfigurations.This is just like the realHammondB3organ,whichhasa rowofkey-switchesoneach manual to select preset hardwired drawbar configurations (using wiresscrewedtoterminalsinthebackoftheorgan).Thekey-switchoctaveisinthesamelocationasonarealB3, to the leftof the fiveoctaveorgankeys, fromC0toB0. IfyourMIDIcontrollerhasastandard61note(5octave)keyboardlikearealB3,youwill need to access your octave transpose function (found onmostmodernMIDIcontroller keyboards)downoneoctave in order to access the key-switches (or, ifyou have an iPad, you can immediately access the key-switches found in theincludedlayoutfilefortheapp,TouchOSC.See[section7.0,Extras]).Theincludedmulti,“FullB3organplus.uvim”containsthreeparts,thefirsttwoofwhichcontainthe two aforementioned programs, offering full drawbar control of each manual,alongwithkey-switchpresetsavailable foreachmanual.Thekey-switches for thelowermanualofferadifferentselectionofpresets.ThethirdpartisforBasspedals.Thus,thismultiaccessestheentireB3organ!ItrequiresoveraGigabyteofRAMandcanthereforeberelativelyslowtoloadin.OntherealHammondB3organ,thePercussionfunctionisavailableforonlyoneofthe drawbar sets on the upper manual. It’s hardwired presets cannot utilize thePercussionfunction.ButontheSong-HavenvirtualB3 forFalcon,thekey-switchpresetsallowfreelyassignablePercussionformostofthesepresets.However,someof thepresetsarespecificallydesigned tobeutilize the1’harmonic (9thdrawbar)insteadofPercussion.SinceasonarealHammondorgan,Percussiondisablesthe1’drawbar,Percussionisnotavailableforthoseparticularpresets.Thismakespresetselection thatmuch quicker! See the chart on the next page for details onwhichpresetsthisaffects.

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Theincludedpresetprogramnameswiththeircorrespondingdrawbarconfigurationsareasfollows:Name Setting Name SettingBuzain 688631010 TrumpetEns. 577886432JazzBlues 881330375 Trumpet 006787654Clarinet 006182012 ViolinEns. 326567776ClarinetEns 626182137 WhistleStop 868000008Exp 801700605 WhiterShade 888800000FullOrch 468888678 SaxFlute 008742010FullSwell 868888578 SoftJazz 801320224GrandDiapson 028886011 Simmering 830000356MagicFlute 007131000 SoloVoxHumana 017831853MelloDee 803600000 SpaceDrive 508004008PositivEns. 527858347 Shoutin’ 668848588StrOrgan 454687467 Violin 005456665Gospel 808808008 FullOrgan 888833336Blues 885324588 Chorale 508831853Jimmy 888000046 AllStopsOut 888888888The key-switch presets details for the program “Drawbars+presets.uvip” andDrawbars+presets_LM.uvip” are listed below. These assignments can also beviewedinFalconbyclickingonthecircled“i”buttonfoundonthetop-rightofthemaincontrolpanelontheInfopage.Thedrawbarsettingsforthesepresetscanbefoundinthechartabove.Ifthe“keyboard”inFalconisdisplayedintheMainpanel,thekey-switchesareshowninblue.# Name(Swell) Percussion

(Swellonly)Key-switch Name(Great)

0 Livedrawbars yes B0 Livedrawbars1 Shoutin’ no A#0 Blues2 WhiterShade yes A0 Buzain3 MelloDee no G#0 SpaceDrive4 JazzBlues yes G0 Clarinet5 SoftJazz yes F#0 Simmering6 Gospel yes F0 GrandDiapson7 SoloVoxHumana no E0 Chorale8 WhistleStop no D#0 Exp9 TrumpetEns no D0 Str.Org.10 MagicFlute yes C#0 SaxFlute0 Livedrawbars(again) yes C0 Livedrawbars

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5.0 Bass Pedals The program , “B3 Pedals.uvip” provides 2 octaves of bass pedals, as on a realHammondB3.Therearetwodrawbarstocontrolthesound,32’and16’.ThedefaultMIDICCsarethesameasthefirsttwodrawbarsforthe“HammondB3organ.uvip”(MIDICC’s16&17).Inthe3partMultis,thisprogramoccupiesPart3andrespondstoMIDIchannel#3.Thebasspedalprogramalsocontains2variations,assignedaskey-switchesonD3andE3(justabovethetwooctavesofbasspedalsounds).Thedefault setting (D3) is the standard Hammond bass pedal sound. Key-switch E3selectsavariationnotfoundonstockHammonds,whichaddsapercussiveattack,areleaseandmoregirthtothesoundforbetterbasssoundinsomestyles,soundingsimilar to some common modifications that might have been added to a realHammondorgan.AsonarealHammond,Chorus/Vibratocanbeappliedinthesamewayaswiththeotherprograms,butlikearealB3organ,percussionisnotavailable.In the three partmulti, the Bass Pedals program shares the rotating speaker andspringreverbeffects,asonarealB3. If this isnotdesired, simplyassign theBassPedalsparttoadifferentoutputintheMixersection.Other than “Drawbars+Presets.uvip” & “Drawbars+Presets_LM.uvip”, all the otherprogramsincludeoneoctaveofbasspedals,foundontheoctavebelowthestandardfive octave range of theHammondB3 (C0-B0). If you are using a five octave (61note) controller, you would need to transpose the keyboard down one octave toaccess these notes. In these programs, drawbar control for the bass pedals isachievedusingMIDICC#8(balancecontrol), tosetabalancebetweenthe32’and16’basspedaldrawbars.ItisnotrecommendedtochangetheMIDICC,astheMIDIspecification for balance control means this will only work properly using thedefaultMIDI CC#8. This control increments continuously, not in 8 steps, as in allother drawbar configurations. The alternate bass sound is only available in thededicated“BassPedals.uvip”program,sotherearenokey-switchesforBassPedalsintheotherprograms.

6.0 Master effects

6.1 Rotating Speaker and Spring Reverb effects The included Multi files contain a Master Effects section. Master effects includerotatingspeakersimulation,springreverbandexpressionpedal.Many Hammond models include or have been modified to include a type ofreverberationdeviceknowasa spring reverb (because the sound travels throughcoiledsprings).OntheSong-HavenvirtualB3,anauthenticspringreverbeffectisachieved through convolution. On many Hammond organs, the spring reverb isroutedto it’sownspeaker,suchasnottogetall “swirly” intheLeslie.This isalso

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duplicated in ourmodel, with the spring reverb set parallel and not through therotatingspeakereffectforthemostrealisticreverberationeffect.TherotatingspeakereffectisdesignedtoveryaccuratelyemulateaLesliespeaker,whichiscommonlyusedalongwithHammondorgans.(Rotatingspeakersimulationrequires Falcon version 1.3.0 or later).As on a real Leslie speaker, there are twospeeds, “Chorale” (slow) and “Tremolo” (fast). Some models include a “Brake”feature, in which the rotors slow to a stationary position. A toggle switch ormomentarypedalconnectedtoyourMIDIcontrollercanbeusedtoswitchbetweenthetwospeeds(0or127). ToaccesstheBrakefeature,acontinuouscontroller isrequiredtoaccessavalueof64(brakeisinthemiddle).IfusingtheTouchOSCapponaniPad,therearethreebuttons,oneforeachspeed.See[section7.1,Extras/TouchOSC].Theprimary controls for these effects are found in a custom “rack” (multis only).First, select the“Effects’ tab. Justbelowthis,select thehighest level in theeffectspath, “Master” (seeupper left).Youwill seeadisplayofacustompanelcalled the“Effect Rack”,where you can adjust thewet/drymix of the spring reverb, classicoverdrivedistortionamountfortherotatingspeakersimulation,andspeedcontrol.MIDICCassignmentsareshowninthetablebelow.Asusual,youcanchangetheseassignments. See [section 1.1, Re-assigning MIDI CC controls]. A control for theGlobalExpressionPedal isalso inthisrack, forthepurposeofre-assigningaMIDIexpressionpedalifnecessary.See[section6.2,MasterExpressionPedal].

MasterEffectscontrolpanelsforMultis

MasterEffect MIDICC#

Reverb 91Drive 95RotarySpeed 92ExpressionPedal 4

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6.2 Master Expression Pedal Another function in theMaster Effects section of theMultis is the B3 expressionpedal. ByallocatingacontinuouspedaldeviceonyourMIDIcontrolleraddressingMIDICC#4 (FootController), you can control expressive volume in the samewaythattheexpressionpedalonarealHammondfunctions.AsthisfunctionislocatedintheMastereffectssection,itwillcontrolallPartsconnectedtotheMainoutput.Thismeansthat ifyouhaveloadedoneofthemultis fordualmanualsandbasspedals,your expressionpedalwill effect the volumeof the entire organ, just as on a realHammondorgan.Anotherauthentic feature iswhenthepedal isbackedoffall theway,thevolumedoesnotgoallthewaydowntozero.Thesoundisstillpresent,butsoftly.Forpracticalreasons,whenaMultiisloaded,maximumvolumeisthedefault,regardlessofthepositionofyourMIDIpedalcontroller.Ifyourpedaliscorrectlysetup, moving it will instantly change the volume to the level matching the pedalposition, similar to drawbar and other continuous controls. The purpose of the“Gain”controlintheEffectsRackpanelisforre-assigningafootcontrollerviaMIDICC if necessary. The MIDI CC# can be changed in the same way as other panelcontrols. See [Section1.1,Re-assigningMIDICC controls].Of course, the volumeofeachpartcanbealsosetasusualinthePartsand/orMixersectionofFalcon.Thiscanbeusefulforchangingthebalancebetweenthetwomanualsandbasspedalsinthe multis. MIDI CC#11 (expression) and MIDI CC#7 (volume) are hardwired inFalconforMIDIcontrolofPartvolume.ThesefunctionsareseparatefromtheGlobalExpressionPedal.

7.0 Extras 7.1 Touch OSC layout Insidethe“Extras”folderisafilenamed“Song-HavenVirtualB3.touchosc”.Thisisalayout file for the Apple iPad app, Touch OSC, which can be inexpensivelypurchased ontheAppleAppstore.Loadingthis layoutintoTouchOSCallowsforfull MIDI control of the Song-Haven Virtual B3 instrument on Mac or PC. Onceconnection is achieved through either a MIDI interface, or through wirelessnetwork, it is simplyplug andplay, no setup required! In this layout, theUppermanual(Swell)controlssendMIDIonchannel#1,forFalcontoreceiveonPartone.Lowermanual (Great) controls sendMIDIonchannel#2, forFalcon to receiveonPart two.Controlsaredisplayedonthreepages,asseen inthescreenshotsbelow.Drawbar control works much like real Hammond drawbars. Pulling drawbarcontrolstowardsyouincreasesthesoundevenly.Theonscreendials intheFalconmainpanel(Infotab)willcorrespondwithyourmovementsineightdiscreetsteps,matchingthenumbertouched(orjustpassed)inthelayout.Percussioncontrolsarelaidout thesameasona realB3,althoughsince theycannotberockerswitches,touching anywhere in the switch changes the settingwith the red light indicatingtheupper selection.Thereare twoChorus/Vibrato controls, independent foreachmanual, Swell and Great. The “buttons” labeled “Chorus Vibrato selects between

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Chorus or Vibrato. Again, “lit” status indicates selection of “Chorus”. No lightindicates“Vibrato”isselected.Dependingonwhichisselected,ChorussettingsC1,C2, C3, or Vibrato settings V1, V2 or V3 are selected when the corresponding“button” is touched. “Enhance” also offers independent control for each manual,increasing tube pre-amp saturation effect. Master effects controls (multis only)offers control of the spring reverb effect and rotary speaker simulation, includingspeed control (Chorale, Brake or Tremolo) and Overdrive distortion. Page twodisplays controls for Bass pedals. See [section 5.0, Bass Pedals] for use with theprogram“BassPedals.uvip”,alsousedinthemultisasPart3andsendsoutonMIDIchannel #3. Controls include the two drawbars (32’ & 16’), Chorus/Vibrato andEnhancesettings.Therightsideoffersdrawbarcontrolforprogramswhichfeatureone octave of pedals at C0 – B0, and sets the balance between the 32’ and 16’registers.Inthiscase,thereareidenticalcontrolsforSwell&Great.Assuch,thesecontrolssendMIDIonchannels#1&2respectively.Pagethreeofferscontrols forthekey-switchpresetsconfigurationsfoundtheprogram“Drawbars+Presets.uvip”(singlemanual only) or for bothmanuals in themulti “Full B3 organ plus.uvim”.Selecting a “button” with the preset name will select the preset for the chosenmanual.Forconvenience,PercussionandChorus/Vibratocontrolsarealsoincludedagainonthispage.CertainoftheSwellPresetsutilizetheharmoniccontributionofthe9thdrawbarinsteadofPercussion(ontherealB3,activatingPercussiondisablesdrawbar 9). For quicker and more convenient selection, Percussion cannot beactivatedfortheseparticularPresets.Thesenamesarelabeledingreen.

TheTouchOSClayout“Song-HavenVirtualB3.touchosc”,page1,featuringmaincontrols

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TouchOSClayout,pages2and3

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AlthoughTouchOSCwill respond toMIDI feedback,UVI Falcon does not send it.Thismeans that settings in theTouchOSC layoutwillnot initiallymatchFalcon’spanel settings. Moving a control in the TouchOSC layout will cause Falcon toimmediately jumpto thechosensetting, thereuponkeeping themovedcontrols insync thereafter. In order for MIDI control to work correctly, the channelassignmentsandMIDICCassignmentsmustbeasoriginallyprogrammedwithallfiles.ItisthereforeadvisedthatifyouneedtochangetheseassignmentsinFalcon(such as by usingMIDI Learn with another controller), you should work withcopies,keepingtheoriginalfilesfullyintact.TomatchnewcontrollerassignmentsinFalcon,youcandothisusingtheTouchOSCcomputereditor forMacorPCwhichcanbedownloadedatwww.hexler.net7.2 Expression maps for Cubase IfyouhappentobeaCubaseuser,youmightappreciatetheinclusionof“ExpressionMaps”, for use when selecting the key-switch presets utilized in“Drawbars+Presets.uvip” and “Full B3 organ plus.uvim”. The ExpressionMap filefor the upper organ manual is “B3_Swell.expressionmap” and“B3_Great.expressionmap” is for the lower organ manual. Refer to your Cubasedocumentation onhow to use thesemaps. Donot attempt to use theExpressionmapswithprogramsother than theonesmentionedabove, as it couldpotentiallydisrupt the one octave bass pedal sound,which is in the sameoctave as the key-switchassignmentsintheaforementionedprogramandmulti.7.3 Drawbar synths With a powerhouse like UVI Falcon toworkwith,why stop at Hammond soundswhenthesameengineandB3tone-wheelsamplescanbeusedtogointodrawbarcontrolledsynthesizerterritory,forcompletelyunique,controllablesoundsthatgofar beyond organs. A collection of programs and multis for this purpose can befound in the Extras/Drawbar synths folder. This includes a bank of authenticsounding pipe organ patches! Full drawbar controls remain! Other effects mayreplacePercussion,Vibrato/Chorus etc., butMIDICCwill remain to control them.Havefun!

8.0 Advanced 8.1 DAW control Almost all modern DAWs allow for automation ofMIDI controllers. As such, it isquitepossibletofullyautomateperformanceswithinaprojectbyautomatingeachoftheninedrawbars,aswellasthe Chorus/Vibrato,Percussion,Rotatingspeakerspeed,hardwiredpresetselectionandothercontrols,forcompleterecallandeditingcapability.

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8.2 Customizing the hardwired key-switch presets

Before making any changes, it is advised that you work on copies, and keep theoriginalfilessafelyintact.

Certain of the programs and multis contain an octave of “hard-wired” presetsaccessedbykey-switches in theoctavebelowthe lowestorgannote. See [Section4.0,Presets].Tocustomizethesepresets,loadtheprogram“Drawbars+Presets.uvip”or“Drawbars+Presets_LM.uvip”.First,findthekey-switchyouwishtochange.Makenote of it’s item number found on the key-switch table [section 4.0, Presets]. InFalcon, select theList tab on the left side, and select theEdit tab for themiddlesection.IntheLayer(s)sectionontheleftside,locatethe16’layerthatcorrespondsto thekey-switchpresetyouwish tochange.Each16’ layerhasanumberafter it,indicatingwhich key-switch preset it affects. For example, a layer labeled “16’ 4”indicates item #4, which is key-switch G0, “Jazz Blues” as shown on theaforementionedkey-switch table.After selectingonly that16’ layer, in themiddleEditsection,find“Gain”inthe“Keygroups(s)”section.Ifthe“Keygroups(s)”sectionisnotvisible,selecttheappropriateiconontheupperrighttomakeitvisible.AsonarealHammond,drawbar levelsaredivided intoeight incrementalsteps.Double-click the “Gain”knob tomanuallyenteranewdrawbar level setting shown in thegraphbelow(allvaluesmustbenegativenumbers).Repeatthesameproceduresasoutlinedaboveforeachdrawbar layer.Chooseoneormoreof theSaveoptionstooverwriteorsaveasanewentrywithanewnameofyourchoice.Ifusedinamulti,youwillneedtoalsosavethemulti.

Drawbarstep Value(db)0 ∞(off)1 -35.382 -30.253 -25.044 -18.005 -11.726 -7.457 -4.588 -1.91(maximum)

Drawbarsettingsforhard-wiredkey-switchpresets

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8.3 Using alternate MIDI Learn Most of the controls will work correctly whenMIDI Learn is activated by right-clickingonacontrol.However,certaincontrolswork incrementally.These includedrawbars (8 steps), Chorus/Vibrato (3 steps), and Rotary speed (3 steps). Thesecontrols require theMapping feature found in Falcon. In the current version ofFalcon,selectingMIDILearnfromtheinitialpop-upmenuwhenyouright-clickoneof these incremental controls will disconnect the MIDI mapping. It will alsodisconnect the reverse direction settings for authentic drawbar control (regularfadersmoveawayfromyoutoraiselevels,whereaspullingdrawbarstowardsyouraisesthelevel).SelectingMIDIUnlearnwillalsomakethesesamedisconnectionsand should also be avoided. Fortunately, there is an alternativemethod for usingMIDI Learn that only requires a couple more clicks and does not disconnectanything.Hereistheprocedure:Right-clickacontroltobringupthepop-upmenu.InsteadofselectingMIDILearn,SelectEditModulation. Intheboxthatpopsup,rightclickonthecurrentMIDIassignmentdisplayedintheupperleftcorner.Fromthepop-upmenu thatappears, selectMIDILearn.Movingyour chosencontrollerassignsit.Closetheboxesandyourreadytogo!Althoughyourphysicalcontroller(suchasaModwheel)willofcourseoperateinacontinuousmanner,whenmovingthecontrolleryoushouldseetherelevantdialontheFalconMainpageincrementina prescribed number of steps, rather than in a continuous manner. Should youaccidentlydisconnectaMappingfunction,pleaserefertotheFalconownersmanualfor assigning maps. From the pull downmen in the maps window, select a mapnamedappropriatelyforthefunctionofthecontrolyouaresetting.Abettersolutionmightbe tomakenewcopies fromtheoriginalunedited filesand thenmakenewassignments using the methods which don’t disrupt anything. Due to the largenumberofprogramsandmultisincludedinthispackage,insteadofalteringMIDICCassignments for each of them, an evenbetter solutionmight be to create a singlepatch on your chosenMIDI controller, assigning the defaultMIDI assignments inthispackage.ThedefaultMIDICCassignmentsareoutlinedinsections.See[1.0Setup,and1.1Re-assigningMIDIControllers].

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Addendum

About the designer For most of his life, Steffen Presley has been a professional musician, sounddesigner, recordingengineer,composerandarranger.CurrentlyheownsEndlessProductions,amusicandgraphicartsproductioncompany,alongwithhisstate-of-the-art project studio,Song-HavenStudios in SouthernCalifornia.He has ownedhisHammondB3organsince1973.In1995SteffencreatedavirtualHammondB3soundwarepackage for theKurzweilK2500X. ItwaspurchasedbySweetwaterInc., amajormusicequipmentandsoundwarecompany in theMidwest,whosoldtheirpackagedversionof it to theirKurzweil customers.Alsoat that time,Steffenwas a consultant in Kurzweil’s development of their own virtual drawbar organupgrade,KB3,whichhasremainedapopularmainstayonit’skeyboardsynthesizerlineup to this day. Steffen has used his extensive experience with sound design,sampling andmodeling, alongwith extensive knowledge and familiarity with theHammondB3organ,tocreateandbringyoutheultimateinauthenticHammondB3reproduction on your computer. It‘s high quality includes authentic details andfeaturesnotfoundoncompetingproducts.Thankyouforyourpurchase.Ihopeyougetmuchenjoymentandmusicalityfromthisfineproduct.Email:support@song-haven.com

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